AWS Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services daily rate in West Yorkshire is £583, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 58 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Software Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.10% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £579 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% - -
75th Percentile £586 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £537 £500 -
% change year-on-year +7.40% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 926 492 1,006
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 95.53% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 319 604
10th Percentile £307 £249 £263
25th Percentile £413 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £575
90th Percentile £635 £638 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £486 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 24
10th Percentile £13.24 £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.14 £12.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.82 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year -23.45% +72.78% -67.74%
75th Percentile £46.25 £39.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £99.59 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.20
% change year-on-year +100.09% +49.55% -47.88%

AWS Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'AWS Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

AWS Software Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

AWS Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Software Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Software Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

AWS Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, AWS Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring AWS Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) HAProxy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

AWS Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HAProxy
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft